“I asked your mother and she said it would be good to have the wedding at the castle. Your father said he’ll make time somehow once the date comes out. Since it’s October, an outdoor wedding seems fine too, and if the weather is bad that day, the central reception room inside the castle is big, right? We can do it there instead. And we’re not going to invite a lot of people to the wedding, right? We’ll keep it small-scale. Also… I hope the media doesn’t find out, I want to block articles as much as possible until after the wedding, but it can’t be helped if it gets revealed after the wedding, right? What else was there. Ah! The reason it’s a month later is because I asked your secretary, and you’re free at that time.”
The Siwoo who had just been turning bright red from embarrassment without even making proper eye contact, screaming alone and feeling awkward, had completely disappeared.
What kind of wedding wasn’t even children’s pretend play in the neighborhood, and Evan was once again surprised watching Siwoo explain with a beaming face. The phrase “new every time I see him” seemed to be made for Siwoo. Most surprising of all was that his parents knew about this marriage plan that he himself didn’t know about.
So we’re having an outdoor wedding at the castle some day a month from now.
Is there anything else I need to know besides that? But when did you have such conversations with my parents?
The families all knew about Siwoo’s special trait and that Siwoo and Evan were even imprinted. Sometimes when he saw his parents alone, they would subtly ask him about marriage-related things, but Evan had firmly said what did such things matter. However, according to what Siwoo was saying now, this marriage seemed to be progressing much more than he thought.
“Do you have to go on a honeymoon or something?”
“Uh. Huh? No. But still…”
But still, we have to go to Korea and properly greet the parents, so shouldn’t we have that formal meeting between the families?
“We’ve traveled to a lot of places. Why would we go wandering around drawing people’s attention? We’ll just end up being chased by paparazzi anyway. If we get married Friday evening, you’ll rest until Sunday. You can go to work normally on Monday. That’s okay, right?”
He couldn’t make any action or say anything at Siwoo’s outrageous behavior of covering his cheeks with both hands, saying everything he had thought about, and then playfully kissing his lips as if it were a final confirmation.
Though he added “That’s okay, right?” as if politely asking for his opinion, it seemed Siwoo didn’t have even a bit of thought in his head that Evan would object.
“The parents were so funny. My mom kept asking me when I was going to get married every time I went to Korea. So when I went this time, I said I was thinking of getting married, and she told me to do it tomorrow if not right now. But your mother said the same thing. I met Katie last month, right? I saw your mother then too. When she asked how I was doing these days, I jokingly just said I’m thinking of marrying Evan, and she was so happy. Your father too.”
Evan deliberately made a stern expression toward Siwoo, who had been pushing forward with this cunning plan without even giving him a hint until now. So you’ve already finished consulting with both sets of parents?
Siwoo had done all the things he should have done. When he said he talked with his mother last month, just last weekend when he saw his parents alone, the two of them didn’t say anything marriage-related to him.
“…Coco.”
Evan couldn’t express this complicated emotion in words. Good. It was insanely good, but he was also a little angry. So he called him while slightly drawing out his words.
“……”
Siwoo’s expression, which had been sparkling with excitement and chattering animatedly until just now, also hardened in an instant. His hands that had been covering Evan’s cheeks also hesitated and moved away from him. Then Evan let out a small sigh at Siwoo fidgeting and trying to escape even from his embrace.
“If I hadn’t asked today, when were you planning to tell me?”
He could fully feel Siwoo flinching, having sensitively taken even the sigh. But he had to say what needed to be said. Of course, he wouldn’t change the plans Siwoo had just told him about. He had wanted to keep Siwoo by his side from the beginning. Even now, there were times when the impulse to lock him up so that he could see him alone without showing him to anyone would surge.
Every time the word marriage came up, Siwoo was uncomfortable. And the answer was always the same.
Next time. Later.
So from a certain point on, Evan didn’t talk about anything related to it either.
Even now, it was common to wake up briefly while sleeping and spend the night watching Siwoo sleeping in his embrace.
Being together like this was more important and precious than an event-like ceremony called a wedding or procedures bound by documents.
He was afraid of becoming alone again after presenting the constraint called marriage that Siwoo didn’t want.
“…After signing the house contract, while showing you the contract, so probably tomorrow, I was going to decide tomorrow.”
Siwoo’s voice, avoiding his gaze, became much smaller than before, and the end became vaguely blurred. Then suddenly he lifted his head and when their eyes met, he seemed to be hurriedly trying to continue with something, moving his lips, so Evan spoke before Siwoo.
“You left out the most important words.”
On Siwoo’s face, which was showing various emotional changes in a short time, this time question marks filled up. Watching him roll his lower lip slightly and bite it while frowning and only blinking his big eyes, Evan felt both happy and sad.
Though these aspects were Siwoo’s charm, wasn’t this too much even if he did it?
“You don’t know?”
Seeing him shake his head at his question and become more serious, Siwoo was definitely mulling over what he had just said. He was endlessly passive yet sometimes actively aggressive to the point of being overwhelming. He was positive and bright yet held a loneliness darker than that.
If he left it like this, it was obvious that Siwoo would conclude that he didn’t want to get married. He would think things got tangled because he looked for a house and proceeded with things on his own, and going further, he might even question their relationship.
Evan lowered his head and gently lifted the chin of Siwoo, who was avoiding his gaze. Evan’s face looking at Siwoo, who obediently lifted his head but still didn’t make eye contact as if still pondering, was full of a gentle smile.
It doesn’t matter what he does. If Siwoo wants to do it that way, then that’s what happens.
If he says he wants to get married tomorrow, then that’s fine. Honeymoon? If he doesn’t want to go, he doesn’t have to. If Siwoo wanted to have an outdoor wedding in a thundering and lightning storm, Evan would gladly do so.
“What shall I do with this idiot.”
“Why am I an idiot!”
“I love you.”
It was regrettable that he had to contain his feelings for Siwoo in just one word. But there were no other words to say besides this word. At the words “I love you,” Siwoo’s tightly tense expression melted away. A blush appeared again on Siwoo’s face, who had been excitedly rattling off his plans like a baby bird whispering rapidly with many things to say.
Evan kissed Siwoo’s hesitant nose tip again.
We’re talking about marriage right now but the most important words are missing. It seems like a proposal of sorts, so the words “I love you” should be included.
“You don’t know even when I teach you the answer?”
Evan, who had first expressed his overflowing and uncontrollable emotions, said once again that he wanted to hear the words “I love you” from Siwoo.
“No… I…”
“Whether we stay like this or get married, as long as you’re by my side, I’m fine with anything. What do I do when you’ve already gotten permission from both sets of parents without me knowing? I should be the one doing such things. I told you to say anything. I think I also said I’d do anything with one word from you. Did you forget all that? And most of all, why don’t you say you love me while talking about the wedding? Our fool Coco. So I have no choice but to love our Coco more. Right?”
Lastly, Evan’s lips, tilting his head slightly, found Siwoo’s lips this time.
He hadn’t thought of a grand proposal.
He had planned to personally prepare dinner with cake and wine to match Evan’s time getting off work and tell him.
That he bought a small house.
That house has a study for you too, so shall we live together prettily—words like that would be enough. He didn’t have the confidence to say ticklish words like I’ll love you forever or there’s only you like others do, and if it was Evan, he would understand the meaning even if he said it that way.
But from where did things get tangled?
What proposal—because he didn’t want Evan to misunderstand, while talking about trying to buy a house, he ended up inadvertently talking about marriage-related things too.
That didn’t mean he told him everything related to the marriage either. Since it came to this anyway, he was going to explain in more detail. Evan just said anything was fine. But Siwoo also, for now, the things he was saying were purely his own thoughts, and if there was something Evan wanted, he was willing to accommodate him in anything.
Siwoo avoided Evan’s lips that came from his forehead through his nose to his lips and tried to say the words “I love you” that he wanted to hear.
“Wait… just a moment. I still have something to say…”
Siwoo’s eyes widened as he tried to create distance between them by pressing on Evan’s shoulders. Since he was currently sitting facing him on his thighs, he could fully feel Evan’s thing, which had been calm until just now, increasing in volume.
Now is not the time to get hard, let’s have a conversation first.
“Ah! We won’t need condoms anymore either.”
Siwoo squeezed his eyes shut at the words Evan said while grabbing his buttocks, inserting his hand into his pants.
Don’t say such things while releasing your pheromones all at once like that!
